Retort



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' Be it ,irnewnl that L @Tifo STALMANN, e citizenY of the United. Stitee, residing it Salt Lake City, in the State o Utah? have invented certain new and useful mprove :t ege iiicetiom The @resent iigention :relates to apparatus for tile preuotie'e of oii from sheiee, end

the object is to profiuee e retort ef e novel character that is simple, ,pi'eetleei i and highly ei'iiciimeus in operation.

. @ne embodiment of the iiiventiei'i is iiiusf trate@ in the uceempzmying cirewings, whe1ei1i':-

Figure i is e vertieei eeetione 'hroughthe apparet-es, 'u Figure f5 ie e Vertieei sectiemi -View et right eiigiee te iguie i,

Figure e i'ioizentel Sectiene View en 'the line ef Wigure "i,

Figures e emi 5 are horieoiite views respectively on the iiries 5-5 of Figure 2,

Figure "3 ie e, dei/iii vier,T ou e eemeirrhet enizirged' eerie ehe pertien two the reto-rte. zi the emiiodimeiit {iieeieeed9 e outer easing Z 'le provided built of 2 to withstand i reeeiveiy uiff A of heet, :iii-:i ur L e'biy meten@ eeetienei fir-JL emi euitefoie eiutehe t in the ehemieer 'ermed bj 'ed betery eff etorie., A but one be de il, n upright oyiiudricei body@ ie previcieii that piefeizibijv tapers towarrie ite dieper end, and seid body terminates et ite iewer e in en enifrrged chamber l0. 'beiiy projects above 'the top of. tire casing 75 and mounteti thereon is e hopper 1l having e discharge spout. 2 til .t depeue Within the body 9 eed ie from the Weils thereof. The top S ef the kapper has im intake 'opening le eaptee te be eeeeii by suitebe hinged door L munieetiou ioetrreeii the botizem ef per 'and the spout/EQ; is adapted te e eontrouiled ioy e eiding gate i@ The gate may be actuated in any suitable marmer. Foz instance? es ilustrete in Figure 535 it has comieeted thereto e, stem i7 with Whisk e gear wheel 18 has e threaded eneegement.

gear 'wheei i9 carried by en eotuetiiig shaft 20imvi1ig a hand Wheei 2l.

A eimle support is provided in of e rotatable turutabie 22 carried tical shaft 23, end-preferably eiipoo'rte bail bearings 24. This turnte'oe in the enlarged chalutier ew diameter than tiie'intefior e k its periphery @Verheugen ennuie? trough 25. A scraper blade 26 ie"vsuppered over the turntable. and seid turiitzibie elise Carries Scrapers Aor paddles 2i" operetiig iii the trough, The turntable may be eetiiate. ey my sriitabie means. For emiu'iijfie, the of i end of the sheft 95 is shown' es previe i e gear Whee QSffnno e iivie is provideci with@l Worm 3G meshing with the preferably of ieee flieioeter than, the portieri extending through. the ehet.

Below the eetorte there ie previdef e reeeiviug ehe-miner for the Sperre' materiel, emi this Chamber is in eommunieetionwith the 'various troughs 25 through own-spente A. sliding gate eentis the pas eegewey from the down-spente into the chamber and emv be my suiteiiie means, es Ier' eenipie e 'airain Wheel 35 ieviuggfe ftiireederi vengageinent with e stem eoiriieeteci to the The botom of the eiiember. is preferebiy iii the ferm of e hopper 37 Lentroied by e. sliding and eri-ifi hepjper maybe discharged into any ofeairvi'ng meoiieiiism,`

VThus in the present embodiment gee burger" (ZL-V5 ieehow'n` in Figure which lelvereeieme mtefehe easing 'Z' above the the 'ferm f gee? Wheel. Tlf'ie drivirrg shaft ie Common te the gears of the various turni-2i1 leeJ t Wii. be noted that the vertice?. eiet 23 ene-. *the turntable' previde. with en e2 31, theopening through the teriitebe L steam manifolds, the outlet for the products of combustion being shown at 46 in Figure Snitablebaile-s Il? and 48 are preferably located at different heights within the charnber' extending across the same and surrounding the retorts.

:The operation of the apparatus is substantially as follows: The shale is charged into the hoppers ll, the lower gates 16 thereof.

having tiret been closed, and after said hoppers are filled, the intake openings i4: are

closed and the gates 16 are .then opened, thus vapors and gases will pass off throughthen conduits e3; AsI the oper-ation continues the turntables are slowly rotated, so that the spent shale is slowly but continuously swept Jfrom the turntables into the troughs, and

carried by the Scrapers 27, will gravitate through the dowii ,spouts into the receiving 'chamber 32, the top gate 34 thereof being opened and the lower gate closed. `When ever itis desired to eject the refuse, it is only necessary to close the upper gate 231i and open the lower gate 38, thus the refuse may be re moved without stopping the operation and without admitting air to the retort. The charging operation can also be performed at any time while the apparatus is in operation and without admitting air. The spouts l2 are important in that they maintain the level of the shale below the gas and vapor ontlets. The provision of the openings or bores 4through the shafts and terntable is desirable. These openings are normally plugged with clay or the like, but should the shale lodge in the retorts, a rod may be'J inserted through the bore and the material thereby loosened.

l From the foregoihg, it is thought 'that the `construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that Various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of constructipn may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure' by Letters Patent, is

l. ln a retort of the character set forth,

thas-'combination with a tubular body, ot

i ,ceases means :tor charging material into its upper end and'maintaining it closed, a rotatable material support at the lower end of the body, means forV rotating the support, a receiving trough about the periphery of the rotatable support, means for directing the spent material to the trough from the support, means for permitting the discharge of the spent material fromA the trough while maintaining the same closed against ingress of air, and means for introducing steam into the body.

2. ln a retort of the character set forth, the combination with a tubularv body, of means for charging material into its upper end and maintaining it closed, a rotatable material support at the lower end of the body, means foraotating the support, a receiving troughabout the periphery of the rotatable support, means for-directing the spent material to the trough IJfrom the'suping a material support, a trough. at the.

periphery of the turntable, a scraper located over the turntable, a receiving chamber having communication with the trough, and a paddle carried by the turntable and operating in the trough.

4. ln a retortof the character set forth, the combination with an upright retort body, of means forintroducing steam thereinto, means for controlling the charging of.

material into the body, and a rotatable material support at the lower end of the body comprising a table and a vertical shaft sup- A.

porting'the saine, said sha-ft and table having an open ended bore therethrough that affords communication with the interior of vthebody and permits the introduction of a dislodging rod through Said shaft from the exterior of the body.

In testimony whereof, lf attrs my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

@TTG STALMANN. Witnesses:

las. lil. Straw', B. el. Abramson, 

